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Monday 2 March 2026

Meta reportedly scraps advanced in-house AI chip, deepens reliance on Nvidia and AMD

Meta's push to design its own AI chips has reportedly hit major technical and strategic setbacks, forcing the company to scrap its most...

Friday 27 February 2026

SambaNova targets Nvidia’s B200 with 5x faster AI inference chip, secures US$350M

AI chip startup SambaNova Systems has introduced its fifth-generation processor, the SN50, positioning it as a direct alternative to Nvidia’s...

Wednesday 25 February 2026

China targets fivefold jump in advanced chip output to fuel AI expansion

China is preparing a fivefold increase in domestic advanced logic chip output within one to two years to support its expanding AI computing infrastructure, according to people familiar...

Wednesday 25 February 2026

Intel taps SambaNova for AI inference push via partnership and minority stake

Intel has opted for a multi-year collaboration and minority investment in SambaNova Systems rather than a full acquisition, signaling a more capital-disciplined approach as it seeks...

Wednesday 25 February 2026

Next in line to challenge Nvidia: Taalas hardwires Llama into silicon, claims 17,000 tokens per second

Toronto-based AI chip startup Taalas says it can hardwire a large language model directly into silicon to accelerate inference beyond what conventional GPUs can deliver. Founded in...

Tuesday 24 February 2026

OpenAI agreement boosts Cerebras’ renewed IPO push

Cerebras Systems has confidentially filed for a US initial public offering for a second time, as the AI chip designer seeks to capitalize on surging demand for high-performance computing...

Tuesday 24 February 2026

Taiwan's CMAT to debut as AI chip testing boom lifts margins

Semiconductor test interface component manufacturer Certain Micro Application Technology (CMAT) announced during a media gathering that it will officially begin trading on the Taipei...

Friday 20 February 2026

SK Group chairman Chey meets US tech leaders to secure core AI chip supply chain

SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won recently traveled to the US for a series of high-level meetings with CEOs from Nvidia, Broadcom, Microsoft, Meta, and Google. The strategic focus extends...

Friday 20 February 2026

AI server supply chain tracker: AI infrastructure arms race boosts Taiwanese AI chip and server suppliers

The AI infrastructure boom has entered a full-scale arms race in 2026, with US cloud giants dramatically ramping up capex. Taiwanese chipmakers and server suppliers are emerging as...

Saturday 14 February 2026

ByteDance expands chip team to 1,000, advancing four major design lines

Chinese tech giant ByteDance is rapidly scaling its in-house chip development efforts, with its chip R&D team now exceeding 1,000 employees, signaling a strong push into AI hardware...

Wednesday 11 February 2026

Alibaba builds Google-class AI stack with 'golden triangle' chip, cloud and model integration

Alibaba has completed the final piece of its AI strategy. T-Head Semiconductor has launched the Zhenwu 810E AI chip, developed in-house by Alibaba across hardware and software. The...

Sunday 8 February 2026

Shanghai's AI chip boom powers China's homegrown computing future

In 2025, Shanghai's domestic AI chip sector surged alongside capital market activity. MetaX reported CNY740 million (US$106 million) in revenue in 2024, rising to CNY915 million in...

Saturday 7 February 2026

Microsoft's Maia 200 chip targets AI inference cost advantage, not Nvidia rivalry

Microsoft recently unveiled its second-generation custom AI chip, Maia 200, more than two years after its previous generation. The Maia chip's update cycle lags behind the rapid iterations...

Friday 6 February 2026

Cerebras raises US$1 billion, valuation nearly triples in 6 months

AI chip startup Cerebras Systems has secured a US$1 billion funding round, boosting its valuation to US$23 billion. According to Reuters and Bloomberg, the latest...

Tuesday 3 February 2026

China's AI chip swarm hits mass scale, chipping away at Nvidia's China stronghold

US export controls are accelerating China's localization of data-center AI chips, with shipment data now pointing to rapid commercial...

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